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Dana Ziegert Joyce volunteers to show her skill with a fire extinguisher in front of Ventura Unified School District fourth-graders during the third annual Fire Safety Days at the at the city fire training grounds. Ziegert Joyce has a daughter in fourth grade at Rogers School.

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A crew sprays water from a truck’s 100-foot tall ladder during the third annual Fire Safety Days at the city of Ventura fire training grounds.

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Fire Capt. Hydee Dullam lets Ventura Unified School District fourth-graders look at and feel of her gear during the third annual Fire Safety Days.

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Fire Capt. Lou Manzano takes a simulated wave — in the form of a bucket of water — to the face as he shows Ventura fourth-graders the ocean rescue gear used by firefighters. His demonstration occurred during the third annual Fire Safety Days at the city fire training grounds.

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As smoke poured out of a window, Jacob Schuyler watched wide-eyed, waiting for the firefighters to climb the two-story-tall ladders with their hoses.